coolest human in existence

[missanthropicprinciple]

When I was growing up I got a lot of exposure to classic 60s rock. The Beatles, Cream, Zed Zeppelin, but most importantly Jimi Hendrix. Mom's a huge devotee of this music and I've always loved it. When I was younger she used to blast Band of Gypsies (sorry for the slur, it's the album name) and Electric Ladyland. It's remarkable to find yourself lost in the middle of a Hendrix guitar solo, almost a religious experience.  


I used to listen to the best of album a lot after Mom got the CD in 1997. I was so blown away by his cover of All Along the Watchtower. 


He exuded cool like no one else. Few people can ever touch him when it comes to his persona and musical genius.

Reading about him today, he had a traumatic upbringing, he wasn't perfect, but he was still one in a trillion.